Combination curtain and window-shade holder



(No Model.)

T. MQGORMIOK' COMBINATION CURTAIN AND WINDOW SHADE HOLDER No. 602,091.

Patented Apr;-12, 1898.

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THOMAS MCCORMICK, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION CURTAIN ANLD WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent iN'o. 602,091 dated April 12, 1898.

Application filed March 1 9 189 7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS MCCORMICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Pleasant, in the county of West-moreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combination Curtain and Window-Shade Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combined curtain and window-shade holder.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of curtain and window-shade holders and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and efficient device which will enable lace curtains and window-shades to be applied to a window Without defacing the Window-frame and which will be readily ad-' justable to enable any window-shade to be mounted on any window without cutting the former.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a combined lace-curtain and windowshade holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the slides.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 designates an ornamental guide-bardesigned to be mounted in a horizontal position at the top of a window-frame and receiving a pair of slides 2, which are arranged at the ends of the guide-bar, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. Each slide is constructed of a single piece of sheet metal or other suitable material and is provided at its top and bottom with flanges 3, which engage over the upper and lower edges of the guide-bar and which are arranged on the rear face of the same.

The lower edge of --the guide-bar is preferably straight, and the upper edge is preferably provided with straight end portions 4 to receive the slides and permit an adjustment longitudinally of the guide-bar. The slides are provided at their inner edges with perf0- dew-shade.

rated ears 5, which receive the journals of a curtain-roller. The curtainor Window-shade 6 is preferably provided with the ordinary spring-actuated roller, and the perforated ears are constructed in the usual manner to receive the same, one of them being provided with a round perforation and the other having a polygonal opening to receive the journal that is connected with the .spring'of the roller.

The pole upon which the lace curtain is draped is supported by brackets 7 of the ordinary form, the terminals of the arms of the brackets being bent outward and engaging rectangular clips 8 of the slides. The clips 8, which are arranged in vertical alinement, receive the terminals of the arms of the brackets, and the said arms have their terminals extended vertically inopposite directions to engage the clips at the inner edges thereof, so that there is no liability of the bracket becom ing accidentally disengaged fromthe slides. The particular connection between the brackets and the slides prevents the brackets from moving upward or downward, and the vertically-disposed terminals of the arms of the brackets are rectangular to conform'to the configuration of the clips, whereby the brackets are held against horizontal swinging. The slides aresecured at any desired adjustment by clamping-screws 9, mounted in threaded perforations and engaging the outer face of the guide-bar.

The invention has the following advantages: The device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in constructionand is adapted to support both a lace curtain and an ordinary win- It will enable them to be applied to a window-frame without marring or -disfiguring thelatter, and it will permit any window-shade to be adjusted to any window without shortening the former. 1

A device of the class described comprising a horizontal guide-bar designed to be mounted on a window-frame and extend entirely across the same, a pair of slides located at the ends of the guide-bar and each constructed of a single piece of sheet metal provided at its inner edge with a perforated ear and having its upper and lower edges bent inward on themselves to form L-shaped flanges for en gaging the upper and lower edges of the guidebar, the rectangular clips mounted on the slides and arranged in vertical alinement, the pole-receiving brackets provided with 0ppo sitely-disposed arms having their terminals bent vertically in opposite directions and engaging said clips at the inner edges thereof to lock the brackets against upward or downward movement, the terminals of said arms being interlocked with the rectangular clips, IO whereby the brackets are prevented from swinging horizontally, and means for securing the slides at the desired adjustment, substantially as described.

THOMAS MCCORMICK. Witnesses:

HARRY I-IOLMEs, CLARENCE SLONECKER. 

